I know this is an old CPU but I am trying my best to limp it along rather than taking it out back and shooting it. However, I am running into a problem and I am so confused right now, really can't figure out what is going on with this thing.
OK, so I have been looking at upgrading my computer lately. Some folks over in the GPU section (other than offering some good advice regarding upgrade paths on gpus and whatnot) recommended I try out switching to a X5650 instead of this old i7 920. Seems affordable and I might yet still do that.
Before doing that though, I thought I would take another swing at overclocking my old i7 920 cpu. I am using a Gigabyte Ud4p mobo on the newest non beta bios (f13) running Windows 10.
When I started to try to dig into things getting ready to overclock I discovered something strange. According to CPU-Z My multiplier seems to be stuck at 12x, no matter what power settings or bios settings I tinker with. This means my core speed is sitting at 1.60 instead of 2.66 even at stock. This would go a long ways to explaining why my computer has felt like such a turd lately but I have no idea how long this has been going on, other than knowing that when I first put this thing together it was definitely not doing this.
In order to start from a clean slate I went into my bios and reverted to default. Even running under default I am still having the same problem. Multiplier SHOULD be at 20, is according to the bios, but doesn't seem to be there according to CPU-Z, even under load.
Power plan for "high performance".
Hitting my computer with Prime 95, CPU-Z still reporting the multiplier stuck at 12. Screenshot below:
In the bios I have tried disabling or enabling the following, with no success on fixing this problem:
C1E
C3/C6/C7
CPU Thermal Monitor
EIST
Anyone out there have any advice? Anyone still using 8 year old technology (i7 920 on a Gigabyte UD4P)? If so have you run into this problem or found a fix to it?
Thanks for your time folks.
OK, so I have been looking at upgrading my computer lately. Some folks over in the GPU section (other than offering some good advice regarding upgrade paths on gpus and whatnot) recommended I try out switching to a X5650 instead of this old i7 920. Seems affordable and I might yet still do that.
Before doing that though, I thought I would take another swing at overclocking my old i7 920 cpu. I am using a Gigabyte Ud4p mobo on the newest non beta bios (f13) running Windows 10.
When I started to try to dig into things getting ready to overclock I discovered something strange. According to CPU-Z My multiplier seems to be stuck at 12x, no matter what power settings or bios settings I tinker with. This means my core speed is sitting at 1.60 instead of 2.66 even at stock. This would go a long ways to explaining why my computer has felt like such a turd lately but I have no idea how long this has been going on, other than knowing that when I first put this thing together it was definitely not doing this.
In order to start from a clean slate I went into my bios and reverted to default. Even running under default I am still having the same problem. Multiplier SHOULD be at 20, is according to the bios, but doesn't seem to be there according to CPU-Z, even under load.
Power plan for "high performance".
Hitting my computer with Prime 95, CPU-Z still reporting the multiplier stuck at 12. Screenshot below:
In the bios I have tried disabling or enabling the following, with no success on fixing this problem:
C1E
C3/C6/C7
CPU Thermal Monitor
EIST
Anyone out there have any advice? Anyone still using 8 year old technology (i7 920 on a Gigabyte UD4P)? If so have you run into this problem or found a fix to it?
Thanks for your time folks.
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